Corel Painter tutorial videos
Corel has released the series of tutorials I made for them that illustrates some methods that I use when drawing digitally. There are four videos: Age progression and muscles of the head (muscles of expression and mastication) Drawing a composite The differences in the skulls for specific ancestry and sex How to learn to draw […]
Unidentified remains homicide case from 1979 is one step closer to resolution
In April 2019, I joined the Williamson County Sheriff’s Office Cold Case Unit in Georgetown TX. Initially I had just offered to do forensic art for them but because I am a former police officer, they asked if I would also be interested in doing investigations. They assigned me to their 3 unidentified remains cases. […]
Snohomish County Unidentified Remains cases
I’ve recently finished 3 cases for Snohomish County Medical Examiner’s Office in Washington. This is the information on the cases. The first victim was found in Yost Park Edmonds in November 2018. This surveillance photo was taken of him a couple of weeks before he was found, but was insufficient for identification. He was a […]
Skagit County Unidentified
I recently completed a 2D reconstruction from unidentified remains for this Skagit County case. The victim was found in 1998 about 14 miles north of Burlington WA off Highway 11. He was wearing this jacket and similar sunglasses. He was also wearing a red, blue, and gray plaid shirt and Levi’s. He was about 5’04” […]
2D reconstruction for Snohomish County WA
I recently drew this case for Snohomish County Medical Examiner’s Office. In January 1978, a citizen found human skeletal remains in a field in Snohomish County. This was a rural area with scattered houses at the time. The complete skeleton was not located. The victim is a white male under 40 years of age, unknown height […]
Digital Forensic Art Techniques
I continue to get questions through this website from forensic artists who want to know where they can learn to use digital tools in their work. I found there are still no other artists teaching this subject, and no books about it. I expanded my original workshop handout that I’d written for my Digital Composite […]